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OMG Alert: After "Jersey Shore" Comes "Jersey Couture" (Yes, Really)

As a born-and-raised Jersey Girl, I've spent years defending my fair state to those who know little more about it than a.) There are a heck of a lot of garbage dumps there and b.) it's where The Sopranos took place. And then my years of raising respect and good will for the Garden State were swept right out from under me when the table-flipping, F-bomb dropping, possibly-prostituting The Real Housewives of New Jersey came along; our reputation became further fodder for pop culture potshots with MTV's by-all-accounts-groundbreaking Jersey Shore; and now, we fall ever further into the darkest, most salacious corners of our national reputation with a show all about...Jersey fashion. Yeah, I really just said that.

Considering I'm a certified STF and a born-and-bred Jersey Girl, I'm secretly crossing my fingers for a heartwarming half hour of beautiful brides and glowing grooms surprising everyone with their taste, elocution, and sensitivity. What I know I'm really going to get is a bunch of 17-year-old Guidos-in-training holding a contest for who can consume the most hair gel and Jagermeister in a one hour session before they head to their debaucherous senior prom at a Route 46 catering hall meant to look like a castle.

What do you dolls think--have reality show producers already milked Jersey for all of its potential train wreck-ness? Or do we still have so much more to offer in the world of morally challenged characters? Is the term "Jersey Couture" a complete oxymoron, or do you think these Garden Staters will actually bring it in the style department? Are you from Jersey? Do shows like this make you embarrassed about your home state? Or will you totally tune in regardless? Discuss!